Bounce Bounce
Being a wee little nipper the simple things could amuse me. Now I see that the QOTW is full of inspiring stories of twelve year olds producing degree standard work... oh not me. No, not me at all.

You see every Friday at primary school was assembly. Reception to year 6 would file into the school hall accompanied by teachers with 'Holst' playing on the CD player (an attempt to calm us down) the usual school news would be read out, a fable would be told; usually stemming around the moral 'thou shalt not steal' etc etc (rough comprehensive I tell you).

Anyways getting back to the point, whilst all of you guys were doing projects I spent 3 of my primary years creating my masterpiece. An elastic band ball*. The size of a football no lie. In assembly I would show the school who saw the progression from a tennis ball size to the enormous thing it ended up being.

I left it in the head office for a few days until my dad could carry it home (my small girly frame couldn't manage it)... and some bastard stole it. Probably a blessing in disguise - I concentrated on my schoolwork more.

*dad was a postman, explains the abundance of elastic bands.
(MissFlee tried again on, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 16:45, 3 replies)

Schoolwork is one thing
but just think how huge it would have been by now!

8th wonder of the world.
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 17:05, closed)

Don't remind me
I just might cry :(
(MissFlee tried again on, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 17:17, closed)

I've got a big red ball...
Elastic band ball I mean - made entirely of the Royal Mail bands left at work...

It sits on my desk at home now, last measurement it was about 6" (152mm) diameter :)
( snee held his breath since, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 13:05, closed)